"In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history."

On the Origin of Species (1859) p.488

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• Activism, Scientists and Sociobiology - David Hull's review of 'Defenders of the Truth,' a book tracing the development of the field of sociobiology, along with associated controversies.
• Against Sociobiology - Tom Bethell speculates on what future generations will make of the controversy surrounding human sociobiology.
• Animal behavior and sociobiology courses - Research and teaching in animal and human behavior by Dr. Paul J. Watson, University of New Mexico and Flathead Lake Biological, Montana. Field courses, graduate and independent study student supervision, and workshops.
• Archive of News in Brain and Behavioural Sciences - Archive of articles and book reviews on anthropology, archaeology, artificial intelligence, behaviour genetics, cognitive science, developmental psychology, economics, ethology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, genetics, law, linguistics, neuropsychology, neuroscience, palaeoanthropology, philosophy, politics, primatology, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, sociology, sociobiology, and debates about them; history, philosophy and social studies in the human sciences; Darwinian scholarship; hermeneutics; verstehen; biography and autobiography, and psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches.
• Archive site for Kenan Malik - Essays, papers, lectures and reviews on Darwinism, evolutionary psychology, race, philosophy and history. Also extracts from Kenan Malik's books 'Man, Beast and Zombie' and 'What is it to be Human?'.
• Archives of SOCIOBIO@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU - Archives of mailing list "Discussing the Evolutionary Approach to Human Development."
• Behavior, Speciation and Genetics Group - Research on the interaction between behavior, genetics, sexual selection, and speciation. Division (and Institute) of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of St. Andrews.
• Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Oxford - Research group studying animal learning, memory, and decision-making, using experimental psychology and evolutionary biology as tools. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.
• CogPrints: Sociobiology - Original scientific papers on the subject.
• 'Dawkins vs. Gould' by Kim Sterelny reviewed by Daniel Nettle - Nettle provides an insight into the issues sustaining the long-standing dispute between Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould.
• Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence - Chapter one of the book by Richard Wrangham and Dale Petersen.
• Department of Zoology II - Sociobiology and Ethology site, featuring research on the evolution of altruistic behavior of insects. University of Würzburg.
• The Desmond Morris Information Page - Zoologist/anthropologist studying the evolutionary origins of human behavior.
• The End of the Beginning by Daniel Jones - An astute analysis of the prospects for sociobiology and evolutionary psychology presented via an essay review of 'Revolutionary Biology' by David P. Barash and 'The Triumph of Sociobiology' by John Alcock.
• Exorcising Sociobiology - Biologist Paul Gross on the relationship between sociobiology and recent scandals in anthropology.
• Great Ideas in Personality--Sociobiology - Concise introduction to Sociobiology. Includes links to research papers, web sites, and other reference sources.
• History of Sociobiology - A brief historical perspective from Southern Arkansas University.
• Human Genetics for the Social Sciences - Text, figures, and learning exercises in human behavioral genetics
• The Importance of Being Flashy - Article from International Wildlife Magazine discusses exaggerated ornamentation as an indicator of reproductive fitness.
• Kin Selection: A Critical Review - Article published in the Journal of Comparative Biology discusses issues related to Kin Selection theory.
• Mary Midgley Webpage - A very thorough site, containing links to many full-text articles, on the long-standing critic of evolutionary psychology and sociobiology.
• Mechanism of Sperm Competition in Birds - Abstract of American Scientist article discussing extra-pair mating strategies.
• The Monkey in the Mirror; Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human by Ian Tattersall reviewed by C. Loring Brace - An erudite evaluation of Ian Tattersall's perspective on human evolution, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology by paleoanthropologist C. Loring Brace.
• The Purpose of Life - The Purpose of Life is summarised. This is a book on the philosophy of values and ethics from a viewpoint of evolution or sociobiology.
• The Pythagorean Perspective: The Arts and Sociobiology - A paper exploring the idea that cultural evolution is a manifestation of biological evolution.
• A reduction of "Species" - Online paper by Jody Hey,Department of Genetics, Rutgers University.
• Smithsonian Magazine - What's for Dinner? - Photographer Peter Menzel posed the Natomos, the Cavens and five other "statistically average" families with the food they eat in a week.
• Social caterpillars - The site deals with the evolution, ecology, and social behavior of caterpillar societies.
• Sociobiology - Explains major concepts of Sociobiology, including Ethology, Evolution, Attraction, Sexual Dimorphism, Imprinting, Kin Selection, Reciprocal Altruism, and Dominance Hierarchies. Contrasts the roles of Sociobiology and Culture.
• Sociobiology - Encyclopedia article from Britannica.com
• Sociobiology - Summary and criticism of Philip Kitcher's and R. C. Lewontin's ideas.
• Sociobiology: Human Behavior and Evolution - A useful bibliography.
• Sociobiology: The New Religion - Dr. Richard J. Blackwell Department of Philosophy St. Louis University. This paper was presented at the ITEST Conference on The State of the Art in March, 1980. Dr. Blackwell is well versed in the philosophy of science and has written many papers on various aspects of that field.
• Springer LINK: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Tables of contents and article abstracts from this Springer-Verlag journal. Complete article texts are available in PDF format to print subscribers.
• The Steve Sailer Archives - Articles on human biodiversity and its social/political implications, in many of which Sailer attempts to defend the notion of "race" as a scientific concept.
• William Hamilton - Obituary for the evolutionary biologist who explained how selfish genes could produce altruism.

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